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Collection of the private acts of the General Assembly of the state of North Carolina: from the year 1715, to the year 1790, inclusive, now in force and use

t u il linrr, and carrying on the faid town ; and they fhall ftand feized of in mdefeaCfhle cftate, in fee, in the faid one
fcundred and fifty acres of land, 10 and for the tiles, intents, and purpofes, her'eb) ex relied and declared and they,
or the majority o! them, thill have full power and authority to meet as often as they lhall think nectffary, and to ap-point
a public quay, and inch place 013 the laid river for a public landing as to them (hall feem convenient; and caule
the plan of the laid town as laid eft' by the laid James Moir, Laurence Tool, Aquila Sugg, Eli/ba Battle, and Benjamin
Hart to be recorded, and filed an ng the records of the ourt of the county of Edjcomb.
I V. And * hereas fubferiptions luve already been made for one huudi ed and iv, enty one lots already laid off in the
fa:d to.vn, and the lame drawn for by the feveral fubferibers or their agents ; be it therefore tr.acltd, by the authority
atore/aid, that the laid directors, or the majority ot them, (hall make and execute deeds for granting and conveying
the laid one hundred and rwenty-one lots to the fubferibers their heirs and alligns for ever ; and alio to every other
perfon who fhall purchale any other lot vr lots in the laid town, at the cpfts and charges of the grantee to whom the
lame (hall be conveyed : and every peifim claiming any lot or lots by virtue of any luch conveyance, lhall and may
hold che fame in fee fimple.
V. Provided mverthelefs, that every grantee of any lot or lots in the laid town lo conveyed, or hereafter to be convey.
the owner"o'iTa'ny let lhall fail to purfue and comply with the directions' in this act pi-eicribed for building and flniOiing
a houfe thereon, then ffceb. lot upon which fuch houle lhall not be built and finifhed, lhall be revetted in the laid direct
ors ; and they, o'r the majority of them, may, and are hereby impowered and ajjlhorifi d, to fell fuch lot for the beft
price that can 'be had, to any perfon applying for the fame, in fuch manner, and under fuch' reitriaions, as they could
or might have done'if fuch lot had not befcre been fold or granted : and the money ar'.ling by Inch fale to be applied
as the directors, or the majority of them, fhall think proper, lor the tile o. the town.
VI. And for continuing the fuccefljpn of the faid directors until the faid town be incorporated, be itfurther enacled,
by the authority* afore/aid. "that in cafe of the death, refuial to ad, or removal our of the county, of any of the laid.di.
reftors the furvivirm or other directors, or the majority of them, lhall alTemble, and are hereby impowered from time to
time by inftrument of writing under their relpeftive hands and feals, to nominate feme other prrlon, being aniuhabitart
or freeholder in the laid town, in ihe place ot him fo dying, refilling to ad, or removing out of the country, which new
direftcr i'o nominated and appointed, (hall, from thenceforth, have the hkc- power and authority in all things in the
matters herein contained, as if he had been exprefsly named and appointed in and by this act,
Ch.af. X. An atlto amendanacl, intituled, an aft forthe better regulation of the town cf Neivbern, and for fecuring
the titlesof perfons w ho hold lots in the laid town, pajfedthe 30//; day ofSeptember,oti: thoujundfeven hundred 6 fifty-fix.
I. \~K /HE11EAS by the before recited aft* the freeholders ot the laid town have liberty anuually, on thelecond Tucf.
VV dav in November, 'o meet at the court-home, then and there to elect and choofe five freeholders of the laid
town to be commilfioners lor the lame, hut no directions tj the Iheiitf, >< ly other perfon, to open the poll, or re-ceive
the votes for electing fuch commilfioners ; and the fame hafch been neglected or refufed by the Iheriff, on the
day appointed as aloreiaid for electing commifiioners for the cnluing year, whereby the town is at prefent without
commilfioners, to the great detriment thereof : wherefore,
II. Be it enacled, by the Governor, Council, and AJfmbty, and by the authority of the fame, that i'e flier iff of Craven,
county, or his deputy, lhall, on the lecond Tuefdc.y iti January next, be'oie the hour ot ten o'clock in the morning, open
the poll, and receive the votes ot tb.e freeholders for electing faid co iimifljoners, as directed in the before-mentioned
aft, and continue the fame open till fun let, then (hall proclaim the perfotjs to be comnjiflianers who fhall have the molt
luffrages ; and in like manner lhall, on the Jfcond 7u flay in JVW?i for annually, open the poll, rete,ve the \otes, and
proclaim the commilfioners as before directed, under tue penalty of fifty pounds, proclamation money, for every negleft
or refufal of complying with the directions of this aft ; to be rt covered from the laid Ihenft'by aftion of debt, bill,
plaint, or information, in any court of record, wherein no effoin, ii junction, or wager of law, fhall be allowed or ad-mitted,
by any perfon or perfuns who lhall Cue for the lame within one year after fuch negleft orrefufa! ; one half to
the piofecuter, the other half to he paid to the cpmmimoners for tue u'e of the laid town to be applied towards fen-cing
in the lame : which commiilioners fo choien or elected, lhall have all the po.vers and authorities mentioned in the
faid' recited aft, or any other aft now in force, relating to the faid town ot Ne-vbcrn. *j>. 2Q.
I George IH. The 20th of March, 1761.
Chap. VIII. An ail for building a court houfe in the town of Mewbern, in the county of Craven, for raifwg a tax, and
for appointing eornmiffionerj 'for budding thefume, and for repevlh-g an acl ec
I. \7r7rIEREAS the laid county is at j refen, and hath been or lome years p.ilt without a court-home to hold their
courts iu; and the cominiflior.eri mentioned it) the above recited aft, having neglected building and finilh-

t u il linrr, and carrying on the faid town ; and they fhall ftand feized of in mdefeaCfhle cftate, in fee, in the faid one
fcundred and fifty acres of land, 10 and for the tiles, intents, and purpofes, her'eb) ex relied and declared and they,
or the majority o! them, thill have full power and authority to meet as often as they lhall think nectffary, and to ap-point
a public quay, and inch place 013 the laid river for a public landing as to them (hall feem convenient; and caule
the plan of the laid town as laid eft' by the laid James Moir, Laurence Tool, Aquila Sugg, Eli/ba Battle, and Benjamin
Hart to be recorded, and filed an ng the records of the ourt of the county of Edjcomb.
I V. And * hereas fubferiptions luve already been made for one huudi ed and iv, enty one lots already laid off in the
fa:d to.vn, and the lame drawn for by the feveral fubferibers or their agents ; be it therefore tr.acltd, by the authority
atore/aid, that the laid directors, or the majority ot them, (hall make and execute deeds for granting and conveying
the laid one hundred and rwenty-one lots to the fubferibers their heirs and alligns for ever ; and alio to every other
perfon who fhall purchale any other lot vr lots in the laid town, at the cpfts and charges of the grantee to whom the
lame (hall be conveyed : and every peifim claiming any lot or lots by virtue of any luch conveyance, lhall and may
hold che fame in fee fimple.
V. Provided mverthelefs, that every grantee of any lot or lots in the laid town lo conveyed, or hereafter to be convey.
the owner"o'iTa'ny let lhall fail to purfue and comply with the directions' in this act pi-eicribed for building and flniOiing
a houfe thereon, then ffceb. lot upon which fuch houle lhall not be built and finifhed, lhall be revetted in the laid direct
ors ; and they, o'r the majority of them, may, and are hereby impowered and ajjlhorifi d, to fell fuch lot for the beft
price that can 'be had, to any perfon applying for the fame, in fuch manner, and under fuch' reitriaions, as they could
or might have done'if fuch lot had not befcre been fold or granted : and the money ar'.ling by Inch fale to be applied
as the directors, or the majority of them, fhall think proper, lor the tile o. the town.
VI. And for continuing the fuccefljpn of the faid directors until the faid town be incorporated, be itfurther enacled,
by the authority* afore/aid. "that in cafe of the death, refuial to ad, or removal our of the county, of any of the laid.di.
reftors the furvivirm or other directors, or the majority of them, lhall alTemble, and are hereby impowered from time to
time by inftrument of writing under their relpeftive hands and feals, to nominate feme other prrlon, being aniuhabitart
or freeholder in the laid town, in ihe place ot him fo dying, refilling to ad, or removing out of the country, which new
direftcr i'o nominated and appointed, (hall, from thenceforth, have the hkc- power and authority in all things in the
matters herein contained, as if he had been exprefsly named and appointed in and by this act,
Ch.af. X. An atlto amendanacl, intituled, an aft forthe better regulation of the town cf Neivbern, and for fecuring
the titlesof perfons w ho hold lots in the laid town, pajfedthe 30//; day ofSeptember,oti: thoujundfeven hundred 6 fifty-fix.
I. \~K /HE11EAS by the before recited aft* the freeholders ot the laid town have liberty anuually, on thelecond Tucf.
VV dav in November, 'o meet at the court-home, then and there to elect and choofe five freeholders of the laid
town to be commilfioners lor the lame, hut no directions tj the Iheiitf, >< ly other perfon, to open the poll, or re-ceive
the votes for electing fuch commilfioners ; and the fame hafch been neglected or refufed by the Iheriff, on the
day appointed as aloreiaid for electing commifiioners for the cnluing year, whereby the town is at prefent without
commilfioners, to the great detriment thereof : wherefore,
II. Be it enacled, by the Governor, Council, and AJfmbty, and by the authority of the fame, that i'e flier iff of Craven,
county, or his deputy, lhall, on the lecond Tuefdc.y iti January next, be'oie the hour ot ten o'clock in the morning, open
the poll, and receive the votes ot tb.e freeholders for electing faid co iimifljoners, as directed in the before-mentioned
aft, and continue the fame open till fun let, then (hall proclaim the perfotjs to be comnjiflianers who fhall have the molt
luffrages ; and in like manner lhall, on the Jfcond 7u flay in JVW?i for annually, open the poll, rete,ve the \otes, and
proclaim the commilfioners as before directed, under tue penalty of fifty pounds, proclamation money, for every negleft
or refufal of complying with the directions of this aft ; to be rt covered from the laid Ihenft'by aftion of debt, bill,
plaint, or information, in any court of record, wherein no effoin, ii junction, or wager of law, fhall be allowed or ad-mitted,
by any perfon or perfuns who lhall Cue for the lame within one year after fuch negleft orrefufa! ; one half to
the piofecuter, the other half to he paid to the cpmmimoners for tue u'e of the laid town to be applied towards fen-cing
in the lame : which commiilioners fo choien or elected, lhall have all the po.vers and authorities mentioned in the
faid' recited aft, or any other aft now in force, relating to the faid town ot Ne-vbcrn. *j>. 2Q.
I George IH. The 20th of March, 1761.
Chap. VIII. An ail for building a court houfe in the town of Mewbern, in the county of Craven, for raifwg a tax, and
for appointing eornmiffionerj 'for budding thefume, and for repevlh-g an acl ec
I. \7r7rIEREAS the laid county is at j refen, and hath been or lome years p.ilt without a court-home to hold their
courts iu; and the cominiflior.eri mentioned it) the above recited aft, having neglected building and finilh-